I find it charming that a couple of my neighbors have taken to calling me for distraction/support when having awful commutes home. Just talked one down after watching the car ahead do a 360 and crash into the rail on one of the scary overpasses into downtown.
Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?
'The Girl in Question'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Feb 21, 2011 4:46:53 pm PST #24264 of 30001
hippocampus - Feb 21, 2011 4:52:11 pm PST #24265 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Are your sister and BIL okay, Sox?
Should be - Christchurch is on a very volatile plate right now. Auckland's a couple hours' flight north, and, I think, more prone to volcanos than earthquakes. I could be wrong. I've dropped a line to them and to the people we met from Christchurch. Hopefully they're ok.
Thanks for asking JZ.
sarameg - Feb 21, 2011 5:26:09 pm PST #24266 of 30001
Loki wanted out. He dug in the snow and lasted 30 seconds before he was digging at the door. The whole house hates snow.
hippocampus - Feb 22, 2011 1:43:02 am PST #24267 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Sis & BiL checked in - all ok & in Auckland.
Jesse - Feb 22, 2011 2:57:18 am PST #24268 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am starting to get a little afraid of the end of the world...
hippocampus - Feb 22, 2011 2:59:38 am PST #24269 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
For some reason, I dreamed last night that there was a Hollaback-Congress. I'm not convinced that HuffPo qualifies.
brenda m - Feb 22, 2011 3:07:16 am PST #24270 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I am starting to get a little afraid of the end of the world...
Seriously.
Sox, so glad your people are okay.
Theodosia - Feb 22, 2011 3:24:55 am PST #24271 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm so sorry to hear about Christchurch. It's certainly unusual that there'd been a 7.1 back in September, with little loss of life. This one was in broad daylight, so more people out for things to fall on, but it seems to have been more along a "New Madrid" extended rumbler that started liquefying buildings that stood up well in the previous big one.
hippocampus - Feb 22, 2011 4:47:48 am PST #24272 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Sox, so glad your people are okay.
Thanks Brenda
yah, Theodosia, the news is saying that this one was a lot shallower, although a 6.3. We saw a lot of damage from the September one while we were there, but we weren't in town for either of the big aftershocks that happened in December. The worst part seems to be time of day, plus the shallowness - lots of liquefaction, lots of towers coming down that were marked safe after inspection from the last quake.
sarameg - Feb 22, 2011 5:08:32 am PST #24273 of 30001
Shoveled out my car by 8:30. Someone kindly did my walk and steps, so I did the neighbors'. Also MY ROAD GOT PLOWED!!!! It's kind of a miracle. Everyone was all WHUH?!
I need to go out and shovel out to my trash cans (no surprise no trash trucks this AM) and also the road turning onto the exit street to a main drag. Plow didn't exactly do a good job there.
BUT MY ROAD GOT PLOWED!!!